Banana sectors in Africa are concerned about the pressure exerted on wages

Published 2022년 7월 5일

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The article highlights the ongoing tension within the African banana industry, with representatives from the Afruibana association urgently appealing to government officials and trade ministers for financial support to enhance workers' wages amidst a backdrop of escalating living costs. This appeal is a response to the European Parliament and Council's agreement on minimum wages within the EU, which could potentially be extended to overseas territories, including banana producers. The association expresses concerns over the potential of fair trade advocates imposing these increased wages, fearing it could lead to unfair competition and financial strain on producers, especially with the added costs of Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance certifications. They stress the need for fair wages and social justice but are worried about the potential negative impact on investments and are calling for a reevaluation of the way wages are set and enforced.

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Tension is mounting in the African banana ranks in the face of the rising cost of living and therefore increased pressure on the legal fixing of a living wage in the African sectors, pressure that has long been conveyed by certain NGOs. Officials of the Afruibana association, which represents banana producers in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon, met at the end of last week in Cameroon with the Ministers of Agriculture and Trade to raise awareness of the difficulty of raise wages in the sectors. They had done the same the previous week in Ghana and Ivory Coast. They are said to have called for urgent government aid to raise wages, believing that fair trade advocates will soon impose it on the banana industry, as the wage could be considered unfair competition. It should be recalled that at the beginning of June, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on minimum wages in the EU within the framework of the Green Deal. This should impact the overseas departments ...

Source: Commodafrica